speed modelling challenge week 18 - biped character

[mimi01]

This is my first organic model. Well, "semi-organic".

I had to create som courage, 'cause all your entries are AMAZING!


Hope You like it a little bit.

Modelling time: 55 minutes
texturing, rendering, 40 minutes
3d max 5

It is an Atomic Aba-Poru Virus. Aba-Poru is a cannibal. He got created in a secret Amazon forest lab and escaped by accident, because of the cleaning lady.
Since than, Aba-Poru is trying to find a female virus to proliferate in the jungle. But this turns to be hard, because there are not much compatible viruses out there.
The Atomic Aba-Poru Virus moves fast, but his biggest fear is the acid, rain, since it could desintegrate him, an there would be no future for his specie.

[Barks]

Well...This is the first character the I have set out to do that I have
finished. It's not really my forte.

Modeling Time: 45mins
Texturing Time: 10mins
Render Time: 10mins
Maya 6.0

I hope there wasn't a limit to how long this could be. On top of 3D and studying
microbiology and immunology, I am also a writer. So that portion of me may have
took over a little bit. Anyways...Enjoy.

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    Jauhk's story begins when, unwittingly, a group of drow,
performers and singers all, found themselves spirited away to the Abyss after
running afoul a wizard of some repute. Upon find themselves in the Abyss they,
to their credit, stayed calm and began to search for a way home. They traveled
for what seemed like days over jagged and mountainous terrain under a harsh
blood red sky, fighting off what demons found the gall to attack a group of drow
traversing the Abyss. After some time they happened upon a cave and within they
spotted a form huddled in one corner. Cautiously, they approached the cowering
demon and when they came within several feet of it it's head whipped around and
glared menacingly at the group but menace dissolved to fear as it realized that
it gazed upon an entire band of the feared dark elves. The group's leader,
Vil'eth, seeing that the demon was obviously afraid of them gave a sharp grin at
the demon as he ordered the remainder of the party to bind the demon with
whatever they could manage. A few moments, and several torn shirts later, the
demon was securely bound and propped up against the rough stone wall of the
cave. It looked back at the drow with pleading eyes and spoke in its Abyssal
tongue.
    “You’re drow. Will you kill Jauhk?” It said in a voice that
showed its well founded fear of the drow. Vil’eth gave the demon another grin as
he knelt in front of it.
    “Why would you ever think that we would do such a thing?” he
said, his voice full of sarcasm and he drew a long dagger from him belt. Jauhk’s
eyes opened wide at the sight of the blade and he tried futilely to squirm away
from the now armed drow.
    “No! Please, don’t hurt Jauhk. Jauhk is friend to drow!”
    “What need have we of a demon for a friend?” said one drow
from the back of the group.
    “Hmm…Perhaps he’s right,” contemplated Vil’eth.
    “Yes! Yes! Jauhk is friend to drow!” the demon exclaimed with
enthusiasm.
    “Tell me Jauhk, do you know a way off of this plane?”
    “Of course!” he exclaimed happily, “Jauhk could take you if
he was not tied to himself!”
    “And you would not try to escape?” asked Vil’eth.
    “No. Never. Jauhk is friend to drow.”
    “Very well then,” with that said, Vil’eth cut the bonds that
held Jauhk immobile and bade him to lead the way.

    After leaving the cave they adopted a brisk pace and not long
after found themselves facing a wall of red stone. Jauhk quickly approached the
wall and placed a hand to it. For a moment his hand glowed with a faint bluish
light and as quickly as it had appeared it faded, leaving a swirling portal in
its wake.
    “This be the way,” said Jauhk
    “We will be on our way then,” Vil’eth said as he turned to
examine the portal. After a few moments of staring intently he took a step
forward but was stopped when Jauhk yelled out, “Wait!”
Vil’eth froze, wondering what the little demon was up to. The demon slowly
approached the drow and looked him in the face.
    “Will you take Jauhk with you?”
    “Whatever for? Why would you want to leave the Abyss; you
home?”
    Jauhk then went through the tale of how all the other demons
would not take him seriously for him lack of ferociousness and how they were
constantly abusing him. The drow’s face softened for a moment and looked distant
as if he was reliving some past memory and then abruptly shook him head sending
his white locks swaying this way and that. Vil’eth looked upon the demon with
what pity a drow could muster from it’s black heart and nodded him agreement.
Visible glee washed over Jauhk’s face and he bounded through the portal; the
drow close on his heels. A moment of swirling vertigo and they found themselves
back within the Underdark. Vil’eth took a deep breath taking in the damp scent
of the place and look to the others.
    “Let’s get home,” he said with renewed fervor.

    Several days later they found themselves back in their
theater in Ched Nassad and there was only slight evidence of looting from their
absence. In several more days, business was back to normal again. Customers
poured in to drink ale and see the drow party’s lavish shows. Jauhk found
himself growing accustom to the hustle and bustle of the theater, but was seldom
seen. The majority of the time he was behind the scenes cloaked in invisibility,
but he found himself longing to join the drow on stage and on one particularly
slow day he proposed the idea to Vir’eth.
    “Hmm,” Vir’eth looked upon Jauhk with curiosity, “I’ve never
seen a singing, let along a dancing demon before, but if you are as adamant as
you seem I don’t see why we couldn’t try you out.” The demons icy heart leapt
then and he went backstage to prepare.

    About an hour later, Jauhk came onstage to find the band of
drow waiting patiently in the front row seats. Nervously he approached the front
of the stage and positioned himself in front of the enspelled sphere that hung
in the air before him which served as a microphone. With a suddenness that
shocked the drow, Jauhk began to sing a hauntingly sorrowful hymn which could
only have been born of the Abyss. The drow sat mesmerized as Jauhk’s voice
dipped from a low baritone to a piercing soprano to emulate all the emotion that
the hymn required. After some time, the hymn tapered off and came to an end and
the drow sat unmoving in their seats. Slowly, they all began to clap and the
clapping rose into a cheer of appreciation and respect. Never before had Vil’eth
heard such a voice and that voice can still be heard by the patrons of the
Singing Spider theater and performance hall where Jauhk now has his own nightly
show.

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[the_bully]

hello

"Save The Robots"
This is "Parrt" Hes a robotic parrot that helps my other character that
im working on.The story is set in the year 3006,end the people of earth
have used up all there resources and pretty much ruined earth and can no longer live there.So they set out to find another planet to live on.When they came across the perfect planet that is in habit ed by robots.So In there minds they can take over and plus put the robots to
work.Most of the robots were destroyed by the Humans.The last few were no match for the humans so they took the spare parts of those robots to make their only Savior.Well sad to say they didn't Do a good
job.They made "Parrt' Who has a big Bomb on his back,And if he was to let it go it would pretty much blow everything and everyone up.The story will be continued When i Start on the other character

Modelling time:48mins
Rendering time:10mins
Software:cinema 4d

Ill texture it later to busy now working on my site

[kitanablade3]

Originally posted by Andy_k-3DT
looking good so far this week folks but there's a couple of posts that confuse me.

We said model a biped and give it a story, this would imply a personality and that would (well in my mind) require some sort of facial expression - a smile, frown etc can express a thousand words. starting with the torso and legs is great but headless models aren't going to portray their story as well as a head shoulders and a very rough body. I'd start at the other end and work down

Still keep up the excellent work

Andy

Hehe I figured as much, the next one will have a head I swear. I actually started with the head a couple of times but it never looked good... must work harder on that...

[evil-98]

great models guys

heres mine

software: 3dmaxs6
modeling: 53
render: 1:26

ill texture it and update it later on

well anyways

this is d-bot, ruler of the robot under world. on day he was walking alone them robot paths. and fell into a hole, being that he is just a small simple robot he depends on others to get out, but no one is there to help.

will they every found him in time before the robo under world goes mad?!

till next time on tv-e.v.

[WebWolf]

Andy, do we have to post our characters in basic position (arms symmetrical to right and left) and totally zy-symmetrical or is it ok to give the character some pose? (like mine)?

[Andy_k-3DT]

you can show them in any pose you like

Andy

[3djunior]

Empress

Whilst at the height of her reign, she was involved in a major
scandal, a love affair with her husbands first son. When her
husband found out, in a blind rage, he summoned... it, on her and
she was transformed into a small statue. All her belongings were
stolen, even the small jewels that made up the extravagant patterns on her clothes are slowly disappearing.

Modelling- 60mins
Texturing- 2mins
Render- 1min
Software- Maya


I think she still counts as a biped because shes on 2 legs
Anyway, C&C would be handy

[smallpiece]

Originally posted by escaped_monkey
Hey smallpiece, could you tell me how you made the hair on your BairHall model? I've been looking for a tutorial, and I know I've seen one somewhere but I can't find it.

Or if anybody else could point me at this mystery tutorial, or give a pointer or two of their own, it'd be a great help! Thanks.

Sorry, can't help with the tutourial
, but i'd check out the plugins like suggested.....I'm using shaghair/fur..

[seregrail7]

O.k, heres my first atempt at the speed challenge. Nothing special, it's pretty basic.
Modeling: 15 mins
Texturing: 15(Getting the hair just right took a while)
Rendering: Don't know, I watched t.v and it was done when I came back.


Well, this is Bob Balloon. Created at a Timmy's 5th birthday he managed to perform a daring escape, whch saw him dodge traffic and bullets. He dreamt of being a drummer and so began his 4 year odysey.(How he stayed inflated for so long is another story) Eventually he wandered into the back stage area of a concert. The band about to go on needed a drummer. Bob said he could play drums, but the band were confused as he had no arms. They grafted 2 drum sticks on to him, which came in handy as both legs and arms. He no longer stands out as he can walk on the ground like all the normal people. To their surprise he was a terrible drummer, but they only found this out when they were on stage. Bob was then thrown out of the band and live by the roadside, with Frank, a retired drummer who vows to teach Bob to be the greates drummer of all time. Outside he may look happy, but that's only because he has a smile made of permanent marker. He's quite sad since his dream was shattered.

[H2O-3DT]

Bipeds are looking good people. Some really great modells.
Webwolf thats a really cool and acurate looking Mike W. nice work!
Gonna get some speeding in today, I had a major system collaps this week, but its now up and running. And it is not too late, the army of mc_fly´s can still be stopped.

[anima3d]

heres my 2nd post of this week:

modeling : 50 min
painting : 4 min
rendering : 2 min with 3ds max & Vray



Name : Mangus Age: 666 years old Job : Lucifer's right hand

Mangus is one of the milions Lucifer's minions who living in Hell.
The only thing that he has to do is to make people suffering...

the end :mad: :mad: :mad:

[3djunior]

not that any1 is actually interessted, but i dont care
My next idea is the most frustrating ever, im defo gonna stop at
my 4th try.

[CutCopyPaste]

modelling time: within constraints
software: max
methodology: edge loop extrusion
render & texture time: not applicable

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Creature: Male Kangaraffe

Habitat: Dr.Martys Floridian island refuge. (near CCPs winter retreat)

Diet: Plant Carnivore. (huh ?)

Number in existence: The Kangaraffe population is rapidly dwindling due to human intrusion into their habitat. There is only one human on the island, Dr.Marty. Dr.Marty is a Kangaraffe conniseur. He has been known to consume an entire beast in one sitting. He is credited with the world record for consuming over 100 pounds of kangaraffe within 10 minutes. This record was set at a high price though. Dr.Martys ravenous appetite got the better of him when he set this record when he unknowingly chewed off two fingers having mistaken them for french-fries.

Breeding habits: Kangaraffes are prolific breeders. This doesn't prohibit Dr.Marty from performing his nightly artificial insemination rituals though. (Dr.Marty needs to see a specialist about this.)


Daily routine: Kangaraffes spend their days strolling the beach-front in search of returnable bottles and cans. These cans are turned into their master whom greedily cashes them in to pay his hurricane insurance premiums.

Lifespan: Kangaraffes occupy less than 40 minutes. This is due to their keepers having grown weary of extruding their edges and Sunday morning football coming on the tele'. Hence, they will never be textured into a longer life-span.

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NIcely done RR Marty !